Gym Challenge

Giovanni's Nidoqueen

G223· Rare
Giovanni's Nidoqueen G2 23

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What the card itself says

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HP
100
Type
Grass
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Number
23/132
Set
Gym ChallengeG2
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

Its attacks

Mega Kick

40

Love Lariat

50+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 50 damage plus 50 more damage if you have at least 1 Giovanni's Nidoking on your Bench. If tails, this attack does nothing.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    100 HP. Only 1 cards in Gym Challenge carry more.

  2. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,126 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  4. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Nidorina to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,126 tournament lists we have read, 2,400 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Gym Challenge landed here on 16 October 2000.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 19 Nidoqueen cards on one page, priciest first.

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